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And where exactly, you might ask, is Punta Rasta? I would be hard-pressed to proivde a definitive answer. The name came to me, as song titles often do, quite unexpectedly, bringing at first a chuckle, but on second thought, a broader smile of appreciation for what the moniker might represent. For though you won’t find it’s name or location on any map, nestled somewhere along the stretch of coast that runs from Playa Negra (Black Beach) to Punta Cocles (whose name defies direct translation) to Punta Uva (Grape Point) to Punta Mona (Monkey Point) there lies a magical little piece of paradise that, each time I leave for a time the alternate universe I’ve found here, continues to beckon me homeward.

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Jim VickPuerto Viejo, Costa Rica

Jim currently performs regularly on the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, just outside of the popular ecotourism and
surfing town of Puerto Viejo, Limon. Following up on his recently released instrumental album, PUNTA RASTA, he's now at work on a new solo acoustic album, as well as the album presentation of BHAKTI BLUE, a collection of his musical interpretations of the Sufi poet Rumi....more